Fielding Graduate University News

Based on the popular series of Jossey-Bass guidebooks on online teaching and learning, an upcoming OTL Conference Online will bring all of the books' authors - as well as a community of hundreds of professionals worldwide - together for interactive online sessions, discussions, hands-on learning, strategy swapping, and networking.

The two-day online conference is preceded by a special one-day Pre-Conference Program entitled "Social Presence and Community-Based Approaches to Online Learning." The Pre-Conference workshops will be led by faculty members of Fielding Graduate University and will take place October 6, 2008. The unique program features three live, one-hour interactive webcasts as well as on-demand discussion forums for participants to interact with session leaders and other registrants at any time.

Fielding Graduate University again is honored to be among the institutions in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education's "Top 100 Graduate Degree Producers." In the 2008 report, Fielding ranked in nine categories: